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Using Hybrid Agent-Based Systems to Model Spatially-Influenced Retail Markets [PDF]

One emerging area of agent-based modelling is retail markets; however, there are problems with modelling such systems. The vast size of such markets makes individual-level modelling, for example of customers, difficult and this is particularly true where
Alison Heppenstall, Andrew Evans, Mark Birkin   +2 more
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Modelling the effects of mall atmospherics on shoppers’ approach behaviors [PDF]

, 2005
Despite previous work, researchers still do not fully understand the mechanisms by which environmental stimuli influence emotions and affect behavior. This paper attempts to address this knowledge gap by modelling the effects of a stimulus on emotions ...
Dennis, C, Newman, A
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Location analysis to suggest new warehouse for Best Furniture shop [PDF]

, 2018
Best Furniture operates as a retail furniture outlet in Hamilton, established in 2015, selling furniture manufactured in China and distributed to New Zealand through a network operated from Australia.
Maqbool, Jannat, Mohanakrishnan, Srivatsan   +1 more
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Structural Changes and Global Trends in European Union Trade [PDF]

The article aims at researching and presenting structural changes and global trends in distributive trade of European Union, resulted from liberalization of economic activities within the EU.
Ishak Mesic
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"Inflation persistence and price-setting behaviour in the euro area: a summary of the Inflation Persistence Network evidence." NBB Working Paper No. 95, October 2006 [PDF]

, 2006
This paper provides a summary of current knowledge on inflation persistence and price stickiness in the euro area, based on research findings that have been produced in the context of the Inflation Persistence Network. The main findings are: i) Under the
Altissimo, Filippo,, Ehrmann, Michael,, Smets, Frank.   +2 more
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Reliability and Competitive Electricity Markets [PDF]

Deregulation of the electricity sector has resulted in conflict between the economic aims of creating competitive wholesale and retail markets, and an engineering focus on reliability of supply.
Joskow, P., Tirole, J.
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Retail Payment Systems: What can we Learn from Two-Sided Markets? [PDF]

Some retail payment systems can be modelled as two-sided markets, where a payment system facilitates money exchanges between consumers on one side and merchants on the other.
Verdier, Marianne
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Optimizing Spatial Distribution of Retail Shops against Neighborhood Tree Canopy Shade Using Big Data Extracted from Streetscape

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The visibility of retail frontages is critical for earning profits from spontaneous traffic visits to retail shops located along a street. The urban tree canopy plays a crucial role in enhancing the street-side environment, yet more is not always better ...
Yifeng Liu, Zhanhua Cao, Hongxu Wei, Peng Guo   +3 more
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Margin Squeeze in Fixed-Network Telephony Markets – competitive or anticompetitive? [PDF]

This paper looks at the effects of different forms of wholesale and retail regulation on retail competition in fixed network telephony markets. We explicitly model two asymmetries between the incumbent operator and the entrant: (i) While the incumbent ...
Anton Schwarz, Georg Götz, Wolfgang Briglauer   +2 more
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Deregulating Network Industries: Dealing with Price-Quality Tradeoffs [PDF]

This paper examines the e®ects of introducing competition into monopolized network industries on prices and infrastructure quality. Analyzing a model with reduced-form demand, we ¯rst show that deregulating an integrated monopoly cannot simultaneously ...
Daniel Halbheer, Dennis Gaertner, Stefan Buehler   +2 more
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